Braden throws 19th perfect game in major-league history

UPDATE: Dallas Braden has thrown the 19th perfect game in big-league history, the second in A’s history (Catfish Hunter, May 8, 1968). He got Gabe Kapler to ground out to shortstop to end the game, he retired all 27 men he faced. He threw 107 pitches, 77 strikes. Wow.

Wow. Wow. Wow.

After gaining more headlines in New York this week for his running war of words with Alex Rodriguez, Dallas Braden might get attention today for his actual performance on the baseball diamond:

Braden is perfect through seven innings against the league’s top team, Tampa Bay. He’s thrown 88 pitches, and the only real trouble he had was a 12-pitch battle with No. 9 hitter Gabe Kapler to end the sixth.

UPDATE: Braden’s perfect through eight and taking the mound for the ninth to huge applause from crowd of 12,228.

Rodriguez said the other day he “didn’t want to extend Braden’s 15 minutes of fame.” Braden might be just about to do that all on his own.